Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

  • UP Asian Center Library, Recipient of Japan Foundation Headquarters Grant
  • Read Japan Expands UP Asian Center’s Library Collection
  • UP Asian Center Hosts Launch of Book on WWII Filipino Infantry Regiments

  • UP Asian Center Library, Recipient of Japan Foundation Headquarters Grant

    The UP Asian Center has been selected as one of the recipients of books and materials by the Japan Foundation Grant Program 2023. Under the Japan Foundation Grant Program for Japanese Studies Projects (Library Support), a total of 39 books were donated to the UP Asian Center Library on 1 April 2024.

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  • Read Japan Expands UP Asian Center’s Library Collection

    The UP Asian Center has been selected as one of the recipients of materials by the Read Japan Project. The impressive collection covered the fields Japanese Culture and History, Japanese contemporary society, and even Japanese architecture. A total of fifty-four (54) books were donated to the UP Asian Center Library on 26 March 2024.

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  • UP Asian Center Hosts Launch of Book on WWII Filipino Infantry Regiments

    The UP Asian Center organized a book launch of "Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, United States Army," authored by Marie Silva Vallejo. Held on 18 April 2024, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, the event included a public lecture shedding light on the critical role played by these Filipino regiments in World War II.

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The UP Asian Center will be hosting the roundtable discussion, “Precarious Times? EDCA, Peace and Stability in the Philippines and Beyond” on 11 April 2023, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8),  via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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The UP Asian Center will be hosting a public lecture, The Geopolitics of the South China/West Philippine Sea on 21 March 2023, 2:00 PM, PST, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public! Walk-ins are allowed but pre-registration is encouraged.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The Fifth Japanese Studies Research Competition, via Zoom, on 18 March 2023, 8:30 AM – 2 PM, Philippine Standard Time (GMT+8). The event is free and open to the public. Participation requires signing into a (free) Zoom account.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with K. Matsushita Foundation, will be hosting a special lecture, Comparing Religion in the Philippines and Japan: A Viewpoint from the "Majority Religion" and Debriefing Seminar with the 2022 K. Matsushita Japan Study Tour Participants on 9 March 2023, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, PHT, via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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The UP Asian Center will be hosting a hybrid roundtable discussion, The Rise of the “Indo-Pacific”: Entanglements with China and Southeast Asia on 7 March 2023, 2:00 PM (Philippine Standard Time, GMT+8). The event is free and open only to the guests and students of the UP Asian Center. Online registration (on-site) and signing in to a Zoom account (online) are required.